...Leaders must possess certain characteristics to be considered and effective leader. This paper will entail the difference between leaders and managers. Characteristics needed to be an effective leader will be identified and discussed. Personal Views Leadership is guidance provided by individuals in authoritative position like managers and non-authoritative positions, like staff nurses. Leaders must obtain skills such as interpersonal communication, feedback through communication, and delegation. Other skills leaders must have are patience, compassion, and problem-solving and multi-tasking skills. Leaders must also possess the ability to be effective listeners and adaptive to multiple personalities and changes within the environment. Leadership versus Management Leaders and managers are often mistaken as meaning the same thing. Sullivan and Decker (2009), defines leaders as individuals who use “interpersonal skills to influence others to accomplish specific goals” (p. 329). Managers are individuals responsible for accomplishing organizational goals (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). Leaders can be in positions with authoritative and non-authoritative roles. The difference between leaders and managers is the goals in which the individuals desire to accomplish. Leaders choose to accomplish specific goals pertaining to a specific department. Leaders provide direction, clarity, and promote cohesion, satisfaction, and performance among the group. Managers are part of administration and...
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...achieve goals. Effective leadership increases the firm’s ability to meet new challenges. Leader: The person exerting the influence. Personal Leadership Style: the ways leaders choose to influence others. Some leaders delegate and support subordinates, others are very authoritarian. Managers at all levels have their own leadership style. | Slide 3 : | Leadership Across Cultures Leadership styles may vary over different cultures. European managers tend to be more people-oriented than American or Japanese managers. Japanese culture is very collective oriented, while American focuses more on profitability. Time horizons also are affected by cultures. U.S. firms often focus on short-run efforts. Japanese firms take a longer-term outlook. | Slide 4 : | Sources of Power Figure 13.1 | Slide 5 : | Sources of Power Used to affect other’s behavior and get them to act in given ways. Legitimate Power: manager’s authority resulting by their management position in the firm. Can be power to hire/fire workers, assign work. Reward Power: based on the manager’s ability to give or withhold rewards. Pay raises, bonuses, verbal praise. Effective managers use reward power to signal employees they are doing a good job. | Slide 6 : | Sources of Power Coercive Power: based in ability to punish others. Ranges from verbal reprimand to pay cuts to firing. Can have serious negative side effects. Expert Power: based on special skills of leader. First & middle managers have most expert...
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...Organized: An effective manger would need to be organized in order to keep up with the numerous employees that they have under their care. This ranges from schedules, personal issues (such as limitations and disabilities) to making sure that everyone has their fair share of tasks to do. While these items are important, I think the most important aspect of their organization skills would be their ability to assist their staff in getting whatever tasks the organization needs done in a timely and efficient manner; therefore, I would consider this a knowledge centered trait. 2. Positive Attitude: A positive attitude is essential to an effective manager’s character because keeping up with the demands of their duties can often be tiring and overwhelming. They will absolutely need to be a self starter and self motivating in order to set a good example for their employees. Attitude often reflects leadership. Don’t be cranky unless you want a cranky team. This is a value centered trait due to the fact that this ability comes from a person’s personal demeanor. 3. Educated: It would not make good sense for a manager to effectively lead their team without knowledge about the organization, career field, and tasks at hand. In some instances, their company may not be taken as seriously as others if they do not hold a degree of some sort. The manager is the leader. The manager has to be able to teach their employees; therefore this is a knowledge centered characteristic. 4. Understanding:...
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...Effective Audience Analysis Michael Garcia University of Phoenix Effective Audience Analysis “Knowing who you’re talking to is fundamental to the success of any message. You need to identify your audiences, understand their motivations, and know how to reach them” (Locker & Kienzler, 2008, p. 42). Audience analysis is one of the most important steps in creating and communicating an effective message. This is true whether you are announcing a new product line via webcast, or presenting quarterly sales information to a group of stakeholders in person. Despite the reason for the communication, audience analysis is a crucial factor in determining the success of the communication. There are several considerations to keep in mind while conducting an audience analysis and different occasions will call for different considerations. For example, if one were to present sales information in person to a group of stakeholder’s, some of the primary considerations would include the characteristics of the audience, the appropriate communication channel, special considerations involving group diversity, and checking to see if the message was effective. Characteristics of the Audience According to Locker and Kienzler (2008), “The two most important tools in audience analysis are common sense and empathy” (p. 43). One can use common sense to predict how an audience will respond and empathy to look at the situation from the audience’s perspective. However, before one can determine...
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...Effective Managers and Leaders Gary Martin Argosy University Introduction In this paper I will identify the characteristics of what I think are an effective leader. It will compare and contrast the differences between male and female leaders. I will evaluate based on gender the degree with which each gender possesses the leadership characteristics I will identify. Four characteristics of an effective leader One of the keys to being an effective leader is integrity, as the leader you must adhere to moral and ethical principles. The ability to influence and lead subordinates is directly tied to their belief in you and your soundness of moral character. People will not give their best efforts if they perceive a lack of integrity in the leader. Honesty is a must in a leader, people need to believe that you will be honest with them on all levels. Honesty goes a long way in building respect and a mutually beneficial working relationship. If the honesty of the leader is ever in question this will result in a fragmented and thus ineffective team. The work ethic of the leader must be above reproach. The leader has to lead by example you can’t expect people to work harder than you do. If you are in charge but you leave the office early everyday your nonverbal communication is clear, I have more important things to do than to be here working with the group. As the leader it is paramount...
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...purpose of this paper is to analyze and reflect on the the characteristics and behaviors associated with effective leadership or failed to do so. I have chosen to discuss a manager who demonstrated some great qualities of a manager but one that I consider who has had trouble being an overall effective manager that had a negative effect on the department, low moral, high job turnaround and low employee satisfaction. Because of his unsuccessful attempts at being an effective manager, I learned how to be a poor manager because of his leadership skills, but in turn what needs to take place in order for me to be a successful leader with my own employees in the future. Background History The individual I selected is a manager who holds some great characteristics as a manager but overall is not an effective manager that lacks a lot of overall characteristics as a good manager. Some of the great characteristics he holds is he is very knowledgeable in all areas of our company. He will encourage his employees to advance their career outside of the department, provides feedback on suggestions such as Expert Power (Colquitt et al, 2011) and doesn’t hound them about daily job tasks. However, the bad characteristics outweigh the good a great deal and has a huge negative impact on the department, the moral has become very low and his actions have caused a high turnaround in the department. A few of the negative characteristics he shows is: no form of communication with his employees...
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...Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing Shirley J. Mitchell University of Phoenix HSC 492 Instructor: Linda Westermann March 12, 2012 Effective Leadership and Management in Nursing According to Sullivan and Decker (2009), leadership is influencing others into working toward accomplishing a common goal. Some people are born with an innate leadership quality within them. Others require learning leadership and management skills. It takes a certain personality trait that makes them a natural leader. Intelligence, personality, and abilities are three categories of the trait theory that is a part of the profile of successful leaders (Sullivan & Decker, 2009). I will discuss my personal views of leadership. It will describe how leadership differs from management. Finally, the characteristics of an effective leader will disclose. What are your personal views of leadership? Everyone is a leader at one time or another. A good leader is one that knows just when to pull back from the leadership role and let the team proceed on his or her own. These leaders have a natural ability to guide their team effectively with his or her charismatic approach that the team believes they are well supported. They know when to lead, when not to lead, when to let the team lead, and they know just when to dance. How does leadership differ from management? There is not much difference with leadership and management. In most situations, the terms are used interchangeably...
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... | |Using examples from your current or most recent workplace, identify and discuss two (2) communication characteristics that you have | |observed firsthand. Use two different theories or concepts, at least one per communication characteristic (in addition to the | |communication characteristics themselves), from your assigned readings or other sources as the conceptual basis for the discussion. | The real meaning of communication is getting the receiver and the sender tuned together for a particular message. Communication takes place when one person transfers some understandable data to another person. It also includes the exchange of thoughts, opinions, sentiments, facts, and information between two or more persons. Feedback is very important as it assures that your message should be properly conveyed to the receiver. I’m the program director of a non-profit organization dealing with at risk youth. My team and I play an important part in molding young people’s lives. In order for us to do the best job possible we must have effective communication. I’ve currently added some new members to my team and I’m finding the most important communication characteristics is the characteristics of the receivers of the message that I’m trying to convey. I’m the sender of many messages in my organization, as a sender I’m the encoder of the messages being sent. I encode...
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...Characteristics of a Knowledge- and Value-Centered Manager HSM/220 Human Services Administration Due: Fri 08/30/2013 There are truly man characteristics necessary for an effective manager. I have chosen ten of those many characteristics as the ones I believe are the most important. (Industry Knowledge) is a must because if a manager is not knowledgeable about their industry or organization, then they will not be able to answer any questions employees might have about the job. It is important to be knowledgeable about what you are teaching so that employees can do the job correctly and effectively. (Knowledge-centered) (Organization skills) are also very important in an effective manager because they will need to keep track of projects, employees, money, materials etc… This is important because it will help the manager know what has already been done, what needs to be done and what is not needed anymore. (Knowledge-centered) (Money management skills) are a must in order to be an effective manager. It is important to know basic financial concepts in order to manage money properly, and avoid mistakes. (Knowledge-centered) (Communication skills) are at the top of the list for me, because if a manger is not able to communicate with his or her employees then there will most likely be problems in the work place as well as misunderstanding. How can a manager know what is going on if they are not communicating with the staff, also how will the employees know how to do their...
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...Leadership Approach Leadership Approach Leadership can be characterized by three variables that help to understand leadership effectiveness. These variables are, 1) characteristics of a leader, 2) characteristics of followers, and 3) characteristics of the situation. Classifying the different leadership theories are done according to the emphasis of the variable. There are several major approaches to studying leadership. Some examples are the trait approach, behavior approach, power-influence approach, situational approach, and integrative approach. With each approach comes several strengths and weaknesses. Examples can be given to help show how a leadership approach can be used in an organization. Behavior Approach The behavior approach to studying leadership, which began in the 1950s, was developed after researchers became uninterested with the trait approach. Instead, they began to focus their attention to what managers do while at their job. The research for behavior branches into two main subcategories (Yukl, 2010). First Subcategory The first subcategory of research observes how managers spend their time and the routines of their activities, functions for managerial jobs, and functions. Other research involves examining how managers cope with the demands, constraints, and role conflicts that can occur during their job. A vast majority of the managerial work research uses detailed methods of collecting data in such ways as direct observation, job description...
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...3.) CHARACTERISTICS, TRAITS, AND BEHAVIORS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERS Characteristics and Traits of Effective Leaders Understanding leadership requires an understanding of leaders as individuals. This section will highlight findings about the personal characteristics and behaviors of effective managerial leaders. An assessment of the characteristics and behaviors of leaders translates into the idea that these same positive attributes of a leader will facilitate his or her effectiveness in comparable settings, such as customer service departments in different companies. Possessing certain characteristics and traits does not in itself guarantee success. Yet effective leaders differ from others in certain respects. Studying leadership traits is also important because a person who is perceived to embody certain traits is more likely to be accepted as a leader. Here we present a sampling of factors relevant to many work settings. 1. Drive and passion. Leaders are noted for the effort they invest in their work and the passion they have for work and work associates. Carol Bartz, the CEO of Yahoo, observes, “If you’re not excited, how can you get others excited? People will know. It’s like how kids and dogs can sense when people don’t like them.” 2. Power motive. Successful leaders exhibit power motivation, a strong desire to control others and resources and get them to do things on your behalf. A leader with strong power need enjoys exercising power and using...
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...Kait Kurtz Management 251 Effective Followers There are many types of followers just as there are many types of leaders. A person’s behavior and personality can help to determine which category they most appropriately fall into. What we are going to focus on is followers and in particular is effective followers. How does an effective follower work and what does is it that drives them? There are five main characteristics that we are going to focus on for an effective follower and they are: dedication, independent thinker, active in the organization, self-management, and willing to take risks. Dedication is defined as the quality of being dedicated to a task or purpose, but it can also be interchanged with loyalty. An effective follower is someone who a colleague or manager can count on because they know that they will give it one hundred percent when it comes to completing a task. They tend to really believe in what they are doing and that is where the sense of dedication comes from. For example a dedicated employee would be willing to put in the long hours and extra time that it would take to complete a project. Their boss trusts that the work will not be sloppy or incomplete because their loyalty is outstanding. Dedication is very important to being an effective follower. A second important quality is being an independent thinker. In reference to the project example mentioned above an effective follower would be the person who would think outside the box for a solution...
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...Success as a Manager Kimberly Parrish November 05, 2011 Abstract: This essay will present information on how to identify difficulties you as a manager may have when establishing teams. It will also provide information on successful characteristics of establishing teams. Stressed throughout are four recommendations for success, a guide on how to improve and resolve conflict. Understanding and being able identify the successful and unsuccessful things of managing a team is very important. This is not only important to the success of the team or when establishing teams but can help make a manager that more effective. Getting recommendations from those who are succeeding is also a very important aspect of being a manager. Success as a Manager In today’s meeting, we discussed the difficulties and success our mangers have had with our transition to self-directed and high-performing teams. We also discussed some ways to improve and become more effective in our managing. I will include the minute notes from this meeting along with some recommendations for success and a designed plan on how to improve intercession and conflict resolution abilities. The difficulties we have faced: Self-directed teams have to make several mechanical and operating decisions, which were priory made by supervisors. This may include things such as bonuses and rewards, schedules for the staff, inventory, and so forth. However, the biggest encounter, which will be faced, is implementing and managing...
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...Characteristics of a Knowledge- and Value-Centered Manager Cassandra M. K. HUM220 August 1, 2014 Melissa Ellison Characteristics of a Knowledge- and Value-Centered Manager 1. Control – Value Centered 2. Leadership – Knowledge Centered 3. Organization – Knowledge Centered 4. Persistence – Knowledge Centered 5. Efficiency – Knowledge Centered 6. Ability to motivate – Value Centered 7. Perspective that is positive – Value Centered 8. Trust – Value Centered 9. Respect – Value Centered 10. Positive attitude – Value Centered These characteristics listed above have the potential to aid in creating an effective manager and help add value to an organization. Having motivation and a positive attitude a manager is able to set an example and help motive his/her team successfully. Having both the motivation and a positive attitude a manager is then able to have the necessary control and leadership needed. When a manager has the control and leadership they are able to be persistent in in their work. With persistence a manager must be organized. A manager must have things planned out for different set of obstacles that could occur. With organization they can become efficient and team members will trust them. When a manager is efficient they are able to get things accomplished. In order to have complete trust a manager must have a positive perspective of the organization. This allows the manager to be more passionate in their help or work. With trust comes respect. If the...
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...Week two Assignment: Audience Analysis Paper Dejaree Warrington May 10, 2010 COM/285 Heidi Frei Audience Analysis Paper In any business people will work with others that have different lifestyles and backgrounds. Many have different attitudes, beliefs, and values that come with diversity in an organization. This essay will address a situation where a person has to present quarterly sales information at a meeting. The group of people includes: managers, customers, salespeople, and skateholders. The essay will focus on communications with this type of audience and how one must approach the situation. The essay will focus on the characteristics of the audience, and explain the communication channels appropriate for this situation. Because the diversity of the audience is so important, the essay will provide some considerations to keep in mind on how to communicate with different groups. Last, I will speak of the ways to ensure messages are effective when communication with an audience. Much of the characteristics that are considered are the correspondence to the audience. Since the quarterly sales information is presented to more than one person, the individual must conduct information persisting to the topics of the audience. One well known way to get information out is through a PowerPoint Presentation. In most cases this involves being face to face with the audience. Sometimes Individuals will show spreadsheets, graphs, or important bullet notes to help the audience...
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